it seems that i'm updating this site more and more randomly. oh well, it happens.
anyhow; to the point. mike (hell) came out to visit lara and myself for a few days, which in itself was pretty cool, to top that off though we got to see the international noise conspiracy with the hives (who by the way are your new favourite band) as well as a rodchenko exhibit.
mike flew out on friday, december the 6th and dave (marchuck) and myself picked him up at the airport. mike had a few good stories about drunken people on calgary transit (which is quite common due to the fact that calgary cops don't like drunk drivers at all - go figure). at some point we saw the rodchenko exhibit at the local art gallery/museum. it wasn't bad but i think it showed a lot more of his process and works in progress rather than finished work; which in itself is kind of interesting. saturday was the show, dave was supposed to come along to the show with lara mike and i due to stomach illness however he didn't make it. i ended up selling dave's ticket to a girl waiting outside ($10 - a pretty good deal). she offered to but me a drink if she saw me inside, which she did, but seeing as i don't drink she didn't buy me one.
it's funny the reaction you get from people when you tell them that you don't drink. most of them tell you "that's cool" but look at you as if if you have a giant hole in your skull. i think it's pretty cool.
the show itself was pretty cool all three bands that played that night had matching outfits (the smugglers, a local group, was the third band). the hives played first and started everything off on a pretty good foot. the lead singer proclaimed things like "you love us and we love you right back." and, "we are your new favourite band". he also did a lot of mick jagger-esque poses and a lot of mic tricks. not as many mic tricks however, as the lead singer of the (international) noise conspiracy.
after the show mike and i headed over to a house warming party at my friend rob's apartment. rob is the service manager at the bike shop that i work at. Mike and i played quite a lot of x-box while we were there, halo was the game.
sunday was rather un-exciting, mike and i walked around and took some shots of the quay, some graffiti and a sliced up korean ship. later that night we went swimming at lara's mothers place and then we drove mike to the airport.
so that's most of the excitement for december
i've also been snowboarding a few times in the last few days up at mount seymour. my snowboarding is beginning to come back to it's previous levels (i've even been hitting rails). it funny how you improve when you actually get the chance to ride.
lastly i've also begun putting parts on my bmx, hopefully i'll be done before the first weekend in january.